Online Safety

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Across
  1. 1. The name a user selects to be identified on a computer, on a network, or in an online gaming forum.
  2. 4. Crime in which someone obtains the vital information(ie credit card, social security number, bank account info) of someone, usually to steal money.
  3. 5. To upload information to the Web.
  4. 8. Rules or manners for interacting courteously with others online (such as not typing a message in all capital letters, which is equivalent to shouting).
  5. 10. A program that lets you find, see, and hear material on web pages.
  6. 13. A security system usually made up of hardware and software used to block hackers, viruses, and other malicious threats to your computer.
  7. 15. specific features or software that allow parents to manage the online activities of children.
  8. 20. To send information from your computer to another computer.
  9. 21. A scam that involves sending a fraudulent e-mail soliciting credit card, social security, or other personal information from an unsuspecting user.
  10. 22. A secret word or number that must be used to gain access to an online service or to modify software, such as a parental control.
Down
  1. 2. Software products that allow parents to monitor or track the websites or e-mail messages that a child visits or reads.
  2. 3. A tracking feature of Internet browsers that shows all the recent websites visited.
  3. 6. Allows you to block certain types of content from being displayed.
  4. 7. A form of malicious code that displays unsolicited advertising on your computer.
  5. 9. An electronic mail message sent from one computer or mobile device to another computer or mobile device.
  6. 11. A program, or set of instructions, that runs on a computer.
  7. 12. malicious software or code, which includes any harmful code—trojans, worms, spyware, adware, etc.—designed to damage the computer or collect information.
  8. 14. To copy a file from one computer system to another via the internet (usually your computer or mobile device).
  9. 16. Software that attempts to block malicious programs/code/software (called viruses or malware) from harming your computer.
  10. 17. A piece of information about your visit to a website that some websites record automatically on your computer.
  11. 18. A wide variety of software installed on people’s computers, collects info about you without your knowledge and sends it to whoever wrote the program.
  12. 19. A self-replicating program that typically arrives through e-mail or downloads and multiplies on the hard drive, quickly exhausting the computer’s memory.
  13. 23. Any unsolicited e-mail, or junk mail. Internet service Providers, e-mail software, and other software can help block some, but not all, spam.